“Sex and the City” opens wide on Friday — and Denver women are determined to see the movie in groups.

To have cocktails. To dress up. To venture into sticky-floored movie theaters in their Manolo Blahniks.

One of the biggest parties comes down at Marlowe’s 6-8 p.m. Friday. More than 100 women have already signed up for this pre-game of cocktails, apps, prizes and an auction of “sexy” gifts. It’s a benefit for Making Choices, a group that helps incarcerated women upon their release.

After the party, the moviegoers will march across the street to Denver Pavilions to watch the film, then back to Marlowe’s for the post-game re-cap.

“It’s chick-lit live,” says organizer Tracy Shaffer. “We don’t have a lot of these communal experiences. It’s catching up with old friends. It’s a reunion.”

Shaffer says her friends aren’t really that curious about the plot of “Sex.”

“Their lives are going to be like our lives. Some good things are going to happen, some bad things are going to happen. That’s the beauty of the show. We also liked the idea that someone was out there buying the clothes we couldn’t afford.”

Landmark Theaters in Greenwood Village should be hit hard — because it has a full in-house bar.

“Sex” will be playing on three screens. Every hour on the hour, from opening to closing, a screening of “Sex” will start.

And the bar will be offering Cosmos and Flirtinis. Manager Brandy Davis tells me that literally hundreds of groups, small and large, have reserved seats for screenings.

“We expect this to be very big,” she says.

Make that Mister Big.

Bill Husted’s column appears Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Husted also appears Tuesdays and Fridays on “Good Day Colorado” on Fox 31. You can reach him at 303-954-1486 or at bhusted@denverpost.com.